John & Joe,

It appears you're right Joe, I just checked the plates. It appears that
the wine is channelled through the large intake hole at the top and is
evenly distributed and forced through all three pads simultaneously
before entering the out-take tube.

I will need to use the same pads during each operation otherwise it
would result in only a portion of the wine running through the fine pad.

Obviously large wineries must set up simultaneous filtering through
increasingly finer pads.

Thanks anyway and cheers,

Glen Duff

ps Does anyone know the microns of pads No. 1 & 2 (blue and red)?

J Dixon wrote:

> Joe, Are you saying that the wine does not have to go through all three pads
> necessarily? I thought it went in one side and out on the other as in a
> typical plate filter system.
> "Joe Sallustio" > wrote in message
> om...
>
>>I have a mini jet and it does not work that way, all 3 pads are
>>exposed to the same wine via an input port; in your example most of it
>>would go though the coarsest media. If you put your pads on and all
>>of the holes line up identically, it works like mine. I have no
>>experience with a super jet, but think it works the same way.
>>Hope this helps.
>>Regards,
>>Joe
>>
>>"J Dixon" > wrote in message
>>
> .net>...
>
>>>Glen,
>>> I don't have any experience with the Super Jet but I do have a
>>>
> thought
>
>>>on it. I like the idea of what you are trying to do, but I am concerned
>>>
> that
>
>>>if the pads are rated at .5 nominal then it most likely rated that way
>>>through 3 pads that are the same. That having been said- I would imagine
>>>this wine is dry and has been through MLF so there shouldn't be any
>>>stability problems and it should be a good plan.
>>>John Dixon
>>>
>>>
>>>"Glen Duff" > wrote in message
...
>>>
>>>>I have a small barrel of about 90 liters full of 02 vintage Chardonnay
>>>>and plan to filter it using my Buon Vino Super Jet. The wine is
>>>>
> fairly
>
>>>>clear but not quite as brilliant as I would like. I am thinking of
>>>>trying 1 pad of #2 (polishing filtration) followed by 2 pads of #3
>>>>(super sterile pads .5 micron) with a view to making it a one-step
>>>>
>>> process.
>>>
>>>>Has anyone tried using the filter with different levels of pads? Any
>>>>thoughts on pros and cons? My main purpose is to primarily to reduce
>>>>the handling and therefore oxygenation of the wine and secondarily to
>>>>reduce the work.
>>>>
>>>>In the past I have generally been satisfied with the No. 2 pad as it
>>>>clears the wine really well however, since I am planning on aging this
>>>>wine for several years I feel the .5 micron would help with stability.
>>>>
>>>>Also, does anyone know off hand the microns of the Nos. 1 & 2 pads.
>>>>Only the No.3 pad has any reference to microns.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for any comments.
>>>>
>>>>Glen Duff
>>>>
>>>>
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